Woven-wire receptacle.



No. 794.156. PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

C. S. BARON.

WOVEN WIRE RECEPTAGLEL- APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29, 1904.

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WOVEN WIRE REGEPTACLE.

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CHARLES S. BARON, OF TIFFI'N, OHIO.

WOVEN-WIRE RECEPTACLIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r794,156, dated J uly 11, 1905.

Application iiled October 29, 1904. Serial No. 230,484.

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Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BARON, of Tiffin, county of Seneca, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVoven-VVire Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, and graceful basket or receptacle out of woven wire and of certain distinctive configuration.

In the accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification, Figure I is a side elevation of one form of embodiment of my invention. Fig. II is a similar view taken at right angles to that shown in Fig. I. Fig'. III is a view corresponding to Fig. II, but illustrating' a different construction, wherein is employed a rigid frame in place of a frame made of strands of the woven-wire material itself, as shown in the previous figures. Fig'. IV is a bottom plan View of the subject-matter of Fig. III. Fig. V illustrates a blank of woven-wire fabric from which the receptacle shown in the previous ligures is made. Fig. VI is a side elevation of the blank shown in Fig. V united by the strands which extend above and below to form the bail and foot-piece of the basket shown in Figs. I and Il. Fig. VII is a view similar to Fig. VI, showing' one mode of uniting the blank by means of the rigid frame structure illustrated in Figs. III and IV.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, l in Fig. V indicates an oblong' piece or blank of woven-wire fabric which to convert into the article shown in Figs. I and II, I bend along a transverse medial line 2. The bending of the material need be only sufficient to bring the edges 3 and 4 of the blank I into contig'uity, as shown in Fig. VI, in which position the edges are united by the introduction or threading into the bends of the spiral which constitutes the edges a spiral Wire 5, which in the drawings for purposes of distinction is shown upon a magnified scale. In

place of a single wire a double wire may be employed for the purpose. The opposite sides of the blank are united precisely in the same way by a wire 6, and when so united a receptacle is formed with a bottom having two points 7 and 8. (Shown, for example, in Fig. I of the drawings.)

To make the article shown in Figs. I and II complete through the employment of spiral wires for uniting the contiguous edges of the blank l, I employ wires 5 and 6 of sufficient length to enable them to project at top and bottom of the receptacle a suflicient distance to form by passing and repassing' across thc top of the receptacle a bail 9. At the bottom the projecting ends of the wires 5 and 6 are passed and repassed in opposite directions from the two sides of the receptacle to form a horizontally disposed circular footpiece l0, from opposite sides of which a strand Il is preferably separated and being connected with the side of the receptacle is woven into the body of the material, as illustrated. Each of the two strands Il constitutes a stay-piece to assist in holding' the receptacle upright upon its foot-piece IO.

rIhe receptacle is preferably finished around its upper edge by the application of a bead I2, corresponding to that described and claimed in the copending applieation'of myself and James F. Haffey, Serial No. 226,069, filed September 26, 1904.

rIhe structure above described constitutes an article of distinct novelty which is durable as well as graceful and ornamental in appearance and adapted to a variety of uses. The interior of the receptacle may be iilled with a glass or other suitable lining made to fit it, and thereby adapted for use as a hanging flower-pot or other purposes.

It has been specified that the blank I may be formed into the article shown in Figs. I and II by the use of spiral assembling' members 5 and 6; but it is obvious that a straight assembling' member l5, such as is shown in Figs. III and IV, may be employed and passed through the contiguous spirals of the blank I like a needle, and so securely unite the edges of the blank. A special advantage of the straight assembling members l5 is that they may be securely united, as by soldering, to the base-ring I6 and constitute therewith a rigid frame structure for the support of the receptacle without the aid of stay-pieces Il. The assembling members 15 are preferably IOO made straight, one terminating in an eyelet 17 and the other in a comparatively long extension, Which when the parts are assembled may be bent and secured to the eyclet 17 to consti-tute the bail 18 of the complete article. Some method of inishing the raw edge of the blank must be employed in each instance to make the complete article, and I prefer to employ the bead 12 in each ease vfor that purpose.

I illustrate my receptacle as provided with bail and base-ring in each instance, but obviously either or both may be omitted, il desired.

What I claim is 1. An article made of Woven wire from an oblong blank bent alongl a transverse medial line and having its contiguous edges upon opposite sides oi' the article united by an assembling' member.

2. An article made of Woven Wire Vfrom a blank bent and having its contiguous edges united by assembling members, said assembling members being prolonged and shaped to form a bail and foot-piece respectively.

3. rlhe combination with a rigid 'frame structure provided with a base-piece and assembling members extending therefrom, of a blank of woven-wire fabric bent and having its contiguous edges secured by the assembling' members of said 'frame structure.

t. The combination with a rigid frame structure provided with a base-piece and assembling members extending therefrom, of a blank of Woven-wire fabric bent and having its contiguous edges secured by the assembling members of said frame structure, and a bail unit ing the assembling members.

5. The combination with a Woven-Wire receptacle provided with assembling members, as speciiied, and foot-piece, of stay-pieces operatively uniting the sides of said receptacle and its foot-piece, for preserving the relative positions of the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony Whcreo'tI have hereunto signed my name in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. BARON.. I/Vitnesses:

)msu ABBOTT, CHANGE E. DEWALD. 

